From as early as 1983, Ms. Nora Aunor had already been honored as the first Filipina actress to be in the prestigious list of “The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service” or the TOWNS Award. In 1999, she was the only actress included in the elite “Centennial Honor for the Arts” by the CCP (Cultural Center of the Philippines).

While other stars have a distinct fan base group/s, LA AUNOR’s charisma and impressive craft encompasses a diverse cross-section of society : the literati, the art conoisseurs, the midlle income group, young & old, film critics here and abroad, the sophisticates and of course the “masa” who rightfully bestowed to her the title of the country’s ONE and ONLY SUPERSTAR ! Truly a PEOPLE’s ARTIST !!!

Among the many global cities where LA AUNOR either won, was nominated or her films given certificates of honor were : CANNES, BERLIN, CAIRO, PENANG, BRUSSELS, CHICAGO, MOSCOW, TOKYO, SINGAPORE, HONOLULU, etc. On record, she IS the Philippine actor with the MOST NUMBER of International Awards & Nominations. TRULY a WORLD-CLASS ARTIST !!!

I AGREE THAT OUR SUPERSTAR SHOULD BE GRANTED THE NATIONAL ARTIST AWARD FOR HER LARGE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COUNTRY’S FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. NO ONE CAN MATCH THIS AND SHE DESERVED ALL THE ACCOLADES TO BE GIVEN HER. MABUHAY ANG NAG-IISANG SUPERSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The list of awards and accolades is indeed long, so we will do away with the laundry list and just let Wikipedia cite a few highlights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Aunor): “the only Filipino actor with the most number of international best actress awards [Cairo 1995, East Asia 1997, Brussels 2004] and nominations [Berlin 1983, Singapore 1997, Cairo 1999, Singapore 1999]; the first Filipino actor to win an international acting award in a major film festival [Cairo 1995 for the movie The Flor Contemplacion Story]; the first and only Filipino actor to receive an acting nomination from a top-tier international film festival [Berlin 1983 for the movie Himala]; the first Filipino actress to sit as juror in an highly recognized international film festival (Hawaii 1996); and the only Filipino and Asian actress apart from China’s Gong Li to be featured by HBO, an American cable TV network, in a documentary film about the lives and achievements of the world’s greatest actresses (1997).”

Excerpt from Business Mirror article “The ONE” (Aug.4) written by Gerard Ramos :
“It is that mastery, that genius that has made Nora Aunor relevant long after when she no longer has to be ferried from a movie premiere on top of a fire truck due to fan pandemonium, and even when her critics repeatedly insist that she no longer is, their wishful thinking routinely flouted by accolades that continue to come even during the quiet periods in her artistic life, like that from CNN in 2008, or, more recently, 2010’s Green Planet Award as one of the 10 Asian Best Actresses of the Decade.”